Votic

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Ingrian herkkä.

Pronunciation

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  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈherkːɑ/, [ˈherkːə̠]
  • Rhymes: -erkːɑ
  • Hyphenation: herk‧kõ

Adjective

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herkkõ

  1. sensitive, delicate

Inflection

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Declension of herkkõ (type III/jalkõ, kk-k gradation)
singular plural
nominative herkkõ herkõd
genitive herka herkkojõ, herkkoi
partitive herkka herkkoitõ, herkkoi
illative herkkasõ, herkka herkkoisõ
inessive herkõz herkkoiz
elative herkõssõ herkkoissõ
allative herkõlõ herkkoilõ
adessive herkõllõ herkkoillõ
ablative herkõltõ herkkoiltõ
translative herkõssi herkkoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl)
**) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative (sg) or the genitive.
***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

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  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “herkka”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn